Station 42023 - Search and Rescue Data

C13 - WFS South Buoy, 50m Isobath
26.010 N 83.086 W (26°0'36" N 83°5'10" W)

The highly endangered Rice's whale, a newly identified species, inhabit the northeastern Gulf of America year-round along the continental shelf-break between 100m and 400m depth. Vessels can kill or injure whales - please use slow speeds and be prepared to avoid surfacing whales. To report sightings call 1-877-WHALE-HELP.

Average surface winds - six hour block.

Date (UTC)	Average Wind Dir (True)	Average Wind Spd (Knots)	Wind Obs	Average Seas (Feet)	Air Temp. (Degrees F.)	Air Temp. Obs	Water Temp. (Degrees F.)	Water Temp. Obs
2026-02-19 0600Z	168	8	8	-	70	8	70	8
2026-02-19 0000Z	151	10	12	-	70	12	70	12
2026-02-18 1800Z	141	11	10	-	70	10	70	12
2026-02-18 1200Z	137	11	12	-	69	12	70	12
2026-02-18 0600Z	135	8	10	-	68	10	69	12
2026-02-18 0000Z	118	5	12	-	66	12	70	12
2026-02-17 1800Z	99	8	12	-	65	12	70	12
2026-02-17 1200Z	70	12	12	-	64	12	70	12
2026-02-17 0600Z	43	14	12	-	66	12	70	12
2026-02-17 0000Z	348	14	12	-	66	12	70	12
2026-02-16 1800Z	348	14	12	-	67	12	70	12
2026-02-16 1200Z	304	9	12	-	70	12	70	12
2026-02-16 0600Z	233	11	12	-	71	12	70	12
2026-02-16 0000Z	201	15	12	-	72	12	70	12
2026-02-15 1800Z	179	12	10	-	71	10	70	12
2026-02-15 1200Z	159	15	12	-	70	12	70	12
2026-02-15 0600Z	153	14	10	-	70	10	70	12
2026-02-15 0000Z	162	8	12	-	69	12	71	12
2026-02-14 1800Z	118	8	11	-	68	11	70	12
2026-02-14 1200Z	49	5	12	-	66	12	70	12
2026-02-14 0600Z	27	5	11	-	67	11	70	12
2026-02-14 0000Z	8	3	12	-	66	12	71	12
2026-02-13 1800Z	42	10	12	-	65	12	70	12
2026-02-13 1200Z	3	3	12	-	70	12	70	12
2026-02-13 0600Z	251	5	12	-	70	12	70	12
2026-02-13 0000Z	226	6	12	-	71	12	71	12
2026-02-12 1800Z	221	5	12	-	70	12	71	12
2026-02-12 1200Z	251	5	12	-	69	12	70	12
2026-02-12 0600Z	220	3	12	-	68	12	70	12
2026-02-12 0000Z	115	4	12	-	68	12	70	12
2026-02-11 1800Z	104	5	12	-	68	12	70	12
2026-02-11 1200Z	105	8	12	-	67	12	69	12
2026-02-11 0600Z	131	7	11	-	67	11	68	12
2026-02-11 0000Z	127	6	12	-	67	12	67	12
2026-02-10 1800Z	92	9	12	-	66	12	67	12
2026-02-10 1200Z	101	6	12	-	66	12	66	12
2026-02-10 0600Z	114	5	12	-	65	12	67	12
2026-02-10 0000Z	18	5	10	-	65	12	68	10
2026-02-09 1800Z	53	4	12	-	65	12	68	12
2026-02-09 1200Z	48	6	12	-	63	12	67	12
2026-02-09 0600Z	24	7	10	-	64	10	67	12
2026-02-09 0000Z	2	7	12	-	64	12	68	12
2026-02-08 1800Z	77	9	12	-	63	12	68	12
2026-02-08 1200Z	49	15	12	-	61	12	68	12
2026-02-08 0600Z	356	16	12	-	63	12	68	12
2026-02-08 0000Z	331	15	12	-	64	12	68	12
2026-02-07 1800Z	330	14	12	-	67	12	68	12
2026-02-07 1200Z	306	13	11	-	68	11	67	12
2026-02-07 0600Z	285	16	12	-	67	12	67	12
2026-02-07 0000Z	294	14	12	-	64	12	68	12
2026-02-06 1800Z	314	13	10	-	62	10	67	10
2026-02-06 1200Z	341	14	12	-	60	12	67	12
2026-02-06 0600Z	317	20	12	-	60	12	67	12
2026-02-06 0000Z	315	23	12	-	62	12	67	12
2026-02-05 1800Z	318	25	12	-	62	12	68	12
2026-02-05 1200Z	270	11	12	-	67	12	69	12
2026-02-05 0600Z	202	10	12	-	67	12	69	12
2026-02-05 0000Z	136	5	12	-	66	12	69	12
2026-02-04 1800Z	66	6	12	-	64	12	69	12
2026-02-04 1200Z	59	9	12	-	63	12	68	12
2026-02-04 0600Z	121	6	12	-	62	12	68	12
2026-02-04 0000Z	49	7	12	-	60	12	68	12
2026-02-03 1800Z	64	8	12	-	57	12	68	12
2026-02-03 1200Z	70	11	12	-	56	12	68	12
2026-02-03 0600Z	22	13	12	-	56	12	69	12
2026-02-03 0000Z	8	12	12	-	54	12	69	12
2026-02-02 1800Z	10	12	12	-	53	12	69	12
2026-02-02 1200Z	352	14	12	-	56	12	69	12
2026-02-02 0600Z	323	18	12	-	56	12	68	12
2026-02-02 0000Z	323	19	10	-	54	12	68	10
2026-02-01 1800Z	330	21	12	-	51	12	69	12
2026-02-01 1200Z	330	25	12	-	50	12	69	12
2026-02-01 0600Z	324	27	8	-	52	8	69	8
2026-02-01 0000Z	308	30	11	-	58	11	70	11
2026-01-31 1800Z	312	19	12	-	64	12	70	12
2026-01-31 1200Z	340	11	12	-	65	12	70	12
2026-01-31 0600Z	260	7	12	-	67	12	70	12
2026-01-31 0000Z	211	3	10	-	67	10	70	10
2026-01-30 1800Z	83	3	12	-	65	12	70	12
2026-01-30 1200Z	13	10	10	-	63	10	69	10
2026-01-30 0600Z	39	7	12	-	64	12	70	12
2026-01-30 0000Z	42	8	12	-	62	12	70	12
2026-01-29 1800Z	40	12	10	-	58	10	70	12
2026-01-29 1200Z	23	15	12	-	59	12	70	12
2026-01-29 0600Z	360	13	12	-	58	12	71	12
2026-01-29 0000Z	349	17	10	-	58	10	71	10
2026-01-28 1800Z	358	15	12	-	57	12	71	12
2026-01-28 1200Z	16	14	12	-	56	12	71	12
2026-01-28 0600Z	24	13	12	-	57	12	71	12
2026-01-28 0000Z	8	16	12	-	55	12	71	12
2026-01-27 1800Z	13	18	12	-	53	12	71	12
2026-01-27 1200Z	28	23	12	-	55	12	71	12
2026-01-27 0600Z	2	25	12	-	59	12	71	12
2026-01-27 0000Z	335	22	12	-	65	12	72	12
2026-01-26 1800Z	334	16	12	-	71	12	72	12
2026-01-26 1200Z	211	9	10	-	73	10	72	12
2026-01-26 0600Z	178	5	12	-	72	12	72	12
2026-01-26 0000Z	178	7	12	-	73	12	72	12
2026-01-25 1800Z	168	12	12	-	73	12	72	12
2026-01-25 1200Z	147	14	12	-	72	12	72	12
2026-01-25 0600Z	131	10	12	-	72	12	72	12
2026-01-25 0000Z	105	7	12	-	72	12	72	12
2026-01-24 1800Z	114	9	12	-	72	12	72	12
2026-01-24 1200Z	80	9	12	-	70	12	71	12
2026-01-24 0600Z	20	11	12	-	70	12	72	12
2026-01-24 0000Z	2	6	12	-	71	12	72	12
2026-01-23 1800Z	66	6	12	-	70	12	72	12
2026-01-23 1200Z	63	10	10	-	69	10	71	10
2026-01-23 0600Z	27	12	12	-	70	12	72	12
2026-01-23 0000Z	359	10	12	-	70	12	72	12
2026-01-22 1800Z	42	10	10	-	67	10	72	12
2026-01-22 1200Z	81	12	10	-	69	10	71	10
2026-01-22 0600Z	88	15	12	-	70	12	72	12
2026-01-22 0000Z	73	9	12	-	71	12	72	12
2026-01-21 1800Z	64	17	12	-	67	12	72	12
2026-01-21 1200Z	62	21	10	-	65	10	71	10
2026-01-21 0600Z	63	22	4	-	65	4	72	4
2026-01-21 0000Z	51	19	12	-	68	12	72	12
2026-01-20 1800Z	44	19	12	-	61	12	71	12
2026-01-20 1200Z	38	22	12	-	60	12	72	12
2026-01-20 0600Z	23	17	12	-	62	12	72	12
2026-01-20 0000Z	24	16	12	-	59	12	72	12
2026-01-19 1800Z	13	16	12	-	55	12	72	12
2026-01-19 1200Z	25	17	4	-	56	4	72	12
2026-01-19 0600Z	336	17	9	-	61	9	72	12
2026-01-19 0000Z	342	20	12	-	63	12	73	12
2026-01-18 1800Z	323	18	12	-	68	12	73	12
2026-01-18 1200Z	225	10	12	-	72	12	73	12
2026-01-18 0600Z	174	8	12	-	71	12	73	12
2026-01-18 0000Z	164	6	12	-	71	12	73	12
2026-01-17 1800Z	133	12	7	-	70	7	73	8
2026-01-17 1200Z	100	10	12	-	66	12	72	12
2026-01-17 0600Z	79	8	12	-	63	12	73	12
2026-01-17 0000Z	58	10	12	-	59	12	73	12
2026-01-16 1800Z	110	10	12	-	58	12	73	12
2026-01-16 1200Z	59	10	12	-	58	12	73	12
2026-01-16 0600Z	349	16	10	-	60	10	73	12
2026-01-16 0000Z	323	22	12	-	62	12	73	12
2026-01-15 1800Z	330	23	12	-	66	12	73	12
2026-01-15 1200Z	300	15	12	-	69	12	74	12
2026-01-15 0600Z	234	14	11	-	72	11	74	12
2026-01-15 0000Z	285	7	12	-	71	12	74	12
2026-01-14 1800Z	286	8	11	-	70	11	74	12
2026-01-14 1200Z	315	6	12	-	69	12	74	12
2026-01-14 0600Z	352	7	12	-	68	12	74	12
2026-01-14 0000Z	359	10	12	-	68	12	74	12
2026-01-13 1800Z	14	10	12	-	67	12	74	12
2026-01-13 1200Z	51	12	12	-	69	12	74	12
2026-01-13 0600Z	3	12	12	-	70	12	74	12
2026-01-13 0000Z	352	14	12	-	68	12	74	12
2026-01-12 1800Z	33	14	12	-	66	12	74	12
2026-01-12 1200Z	38	19	12	-	65	12	74	12
2026-01-12 0600Z	13	19	12	-	69	12	75	12
2026-01-12 0000Z	1	16	12	-	71	12	75	12
2026-01-11 1800Z	334	2	12	-	77	12	75	12
2026-01-11 1200Z	94	2	12	-	74	12	74	12
2026-01-11 0600Z	166	7	12	-	74	12	75	12
2026-01-11 0000Z	135	6	12	-	74	12	75	12
2026-01-10 1800Z	145	12	12	-	74	12	75	12
2026-01-10 1200Z	130	14	12	-	74	12	74	12
2026-01-10 0600Z	127	14	12	-	74	12	74	12
2026-01-10 0000Z	147	10	12	-	75	12	75	12
2026-01-09 1800Z	136	13	12	-	74	12	75	12
2026-01-09 1200Z	132	14	12	-	74	12	74	12
2026-01-09 0600Z	137	13	12	-	74	12	74	12
2026-01-09 0000Z	136	10	12	-	74	12	75	12
2026-01-08 1800Z	106	11	12	-	74	12	75	12
2026-01-08 1200Z	88	9	12	-	72	12	74	12
2026-01-08 0600Z	108	4	10	-	72	10	75	10
2026-01-08 0000Z	100	2	12	-	73	12	75	12
2026-01-07 1800Z	128	2	12	-	74	12	75	12
2026-01-07 1200Z	167	2	12	-	72	12	74	12
2026-01-07 0600Z	223	2	12	-	72	12	74	12
2026-01-07 0000Z	153	4	12	-	73	12	75	12
2026-01-06 1800Z	133	6	12	-	73	12	74	12
2026-01-06 1200Z	107	6	12	-	72	12	74	12
2026-01-06 0600Z	88	5	12	-	71	12	74	12
2026-01-06 0000Z	54	4	12	-	71	12	74	12
2026-01-05 1800Z	105	7	12	-	71	12	74	12
2026-01-05 1200Z	110	9	12	-	71	12	74	12
2026-01-05 0600Z	65	6	12	-	72	12	74	12
2026-01-05 0000Z	55	8	6	-	72	6	74	6

The six-hour averages are calculated as follows:

The 0000Z average uses data from 2100Z to 0259Z.
The 0600Z average uses data from 0300Z to 0859Z.
The 1200Z average uses data from 0900Z to 1459Z.
The 1800Z average uses data from 1500Z to 2059Z.

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